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Baton Rouge, LA – Yesterday, Louisiana became the 24th state, and the first state to unanimously pass an application for a Convention of States to exclusively consider a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The House passed the application on April 29th by a vote of 89 to 0. The…

Orlando, FL – On Monday April 21st, the Florida legislature passed House Memorial 625 which makes application under Article V of the U.S. Constitution for a ‘Convention of the States’ for the sole purpose of proposing a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) – making Florida the 23rd state to do so. Once…

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee General Assembly has passed a bipartisan resolution applying for a Convention of States under Article V to exclusively consider a federal balanced budget amendment. The Tennessee House passed HJR 548 by a vote of 89-2 on Wednesday; last week, the Senate passed SJR 493 by…

Atlanta, GA – The Georgia General Assembly today approved SR 371, a resolution under the authority of Article V of the U.S. Constitution, calling for a convention of states to propose a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Georgia has now joined 20 other states that want to stop…

LANSING, MI — During his State of the State address, Gov. Rick Snyder moved seamlessly from energy policy and combating invasive species to a call for the federal government to pass a balanced budget amendment. “We balance our budget at home,” Snyder said. “We balance our budget at work. Why…

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has lent his voice to an ever-growing group of conservative policymakers who are calling for a national convention to add a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. During a speech Thursday to the Texas Public Policy Orientation in Austin, Jindal said he would urge the Louisiana…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — This week, Ohio became the 20th state to join the push for an unprecedented national convention to draw up a balanced-budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But the debate still continues about both the wisdom of a federal balanced-budget amendment and the consequences that such a convention…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. John Kasich urged the General Assembly today to press for a convention to approve a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In a news release this morning, the governor expressed frustration that government in Washington had not addressed budgetary issues and the federal debt. “We…

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